This review presents recent trends in social media and body image research, with a
particular focus on different social media platforms, features unique to social media, and
potentially positive content for body image. First, it was found that visual platforms (eg
Instagram) were more dysfunctional for body image than more textual platforms (eg
Facebook). Second, taking and editing (but not posting) selfies resulted in negative effects
on body image. Positive comments intensified the effects of exposure to idealized content …